I have a subdivision near where I live that has a name I really like: Seldom Seen.

I like it because its fairly unique as far as subdivision names go, which are usually called something like "King's Ridge" or "Martin's Landing" or something like that.

There's also a street near me called "Easy Way", which has awoken that juvenile temptation in me to steal the sign and hang it in my basement or something!
What are some of your interesting street or subdivision names near where you live?

There's a small street in Burnaby that has been blocked off with a concrete abutment where it intersects with a major artery, because it's sort of a blind corner and the frequent accidents there were getting monotonous. (Street view here.)

Those are great. And yeah Cal, the "street namers" had to know what they were doing.

I think some roads are interesting how they get their names. Obviously some are just made-up names by developers and such, but others have a story behind them.

I always liked to imagine the story behind Rolling Road in Fairfax County VA where I used to live, which got its name from:

The early settlers grew tobacco as did the American Indians before them. Wooden hogsheads filled with tobacco were rolled and pushed by men, horses or oxen on "rolling roads" from inland plantations to the Potomac River.

There must be Star Trek fans in the local street naming office. In addition to Warp Drive, there's Impulse Lane, Picard Lane, Picard Court, Crusher Avenue and Ryker Court (Commander Riker must be pissed they misspelled his name...).

Shed Road in Bossier City, LA (just outside of Shreveport) was, essentially, a nine mile long shed used when transporting cotton. It's no longer covered, of course, but still a major artery in the city.

My brother lives in a subdivision where most of the street names are horse-related, in a division where the main roads are named after local mountains or valleys or such. The older roads nearby are named after long-forgotten civic folk or engineers or something, but one street -- man, I just don't know. There might be a perfectly rational alternate explanation, but -- really...

The most interesting street name I can think of is no doubt unintentional. The street is Flicker. This doesn't seem particularly interesting, except that in street sign font, if you only get a quick glance the L and the I can combine into one word. It's just enough to cause a massive doubletake every time I see it.

My brother lives in a subdivision where most of the street names are horse-related, in a division where the main roads are named after local mountains or valleys or such. The older roads nearby are named after long-forgotten civic folk or engineers or something, but one street -- man, I just don't know. There might be a perfectly rational alternate explanation, but -- really...

There's a short street here where I live called The Lane with somewhat nice houses. What amuses me is the street sign, crafted apparently by some nameless, faceless, clueless member of our street department. "THE" is written in large capital letters and "lane" in small tiny letters in the top right corner of the sign. Sort of like this —

Similarly, a road was built at considerable expense leading out of Iqaluit, Nunavut, to... nowhere in particular. For one reason or another (one account suggests it was for a landfill that was later cancelled), it just stops in the middle of the tundra.

So with typical Northern aplomb, it was named -- officially -- Road to Nowhere.

There's a sprawl of McMansions in the northern part of the county in a development called Wild Creek. Some of the streets are 'Great Muskrat', 'Wooded Bog', 'Wild Turkey', and 'Nesting Duck'. Ironic, since the homes of all the wild critters living there have been bulldozed so these palaces could be erected. (I don't know why they don't give those developments more realistic names - Snob Acres, Starbucks Run, Abercrombie & Fitch Lane, Coked Up Mom Street...)

It was a joking reference to the fact that you said that the road was called Falldown Lane, its very steep and there's a pub at the bottom of the hill. My joking about a "Stakeout" was that it sounded like a perfect combination for cops to sit in their cruisers and watch for drunk drivers coming from the pub.

There is a short street called Crabapple Lane here. The funny thing is, you picture a sort of rustic little country lane with pink flowery trees, and all it is is a conduit from one grim, half empty industrial park to the next, with a couple of what my mom called 'necky hokies'. They should just rename it 'Industrial Park Shortcut'.